The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you, secretary azar, for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated, but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. I think you will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget. My first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully, that will be the case again this time. But you propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the health care workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all that we have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Home energy, rural programs we wou
I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, kaiser needs to get down in the weeds and fix some of the issues before they start spending money on the warriors and the sharks. Thank you. President breslin thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Now well go back to number 8. Back to the regular scheduled agenda. Item is the finance reporting as of june 30, 2019, and as of september 30,
Waiting list. I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, kaiser needs to get down in the weeds and fix some of the issues before they start spending money on the warriors and the sharks. Thank you. President breslin thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Now well go back to number 8. Back to the regular scheduled agenda. Item is the finance reporting as of june 30, 2019, and as of
We have a forum. Quorum. Number 4, please. Approval with the possible modifications of the minutes set forth blow, regular Meeting Minutes from november 14, 2019. Action item. President breslin okay. Has everyone read the minutes . I have no corrections. I would like this comment, according to the minutes i talk too much. [laughter] so im going to try to be better. I keep you all here. Its terrible. But i have no corrections. Since he has no corrections, ill second the motion. President breslin all right. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, all those in favor, aye . All those opposed. There are none opposed. Its unanimous. Item number 5. Item 5, general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction. This is a discussion item. Please come forward. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is richard rothman, retired city worker. I thought after i retired i wouldnt have to come to these meetings, but i guess i do. I want to talk about the health fair. I went to the one
Reason i heard about it, because my friends not in kaiser got them. So i started asking, you know, just by chance, my doctor told me to come when he got it to see him. And they didnt have any. Then i found out there is a waiting list. I dont know how long the waiting list is. And you know, there are other things. Try calling durable equipment sometime and waiting on the phone for 45 minutes or a half hour. The other thing, my doctor ive seen for 30 years is cutting back. And the only reason i knew, because i was in to see him, but when you go online to make an appointment, you dont get him, you get apparently hes training the new doctor why doesnt kaiser send out an email saying he is retiring and you can see this other doctor, instead of looking online. If i went online, would have started calling up and saying why cant i see my doctor ive seen for 30 years . You know, kaiser needs to get down in the weeds and fix some of the issues before they start spending money on the warriors and